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Rhynchoglossum obliquumEngraving by Franz Bauer from a drawing by Ferdinand Bauer, published in Plantae javanicae raroriores (1838)
Toxostoma rufum, brown thrasherPlate 116 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Corvus brachyrhynchos, American crowPlate 156 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Ficus glomerata, doomar or gularPlate 532 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Viola tricolor, heartseaseFolio 62 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Gentiana sp. purple gentianIllustration by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London
Butterfly studiesA plate from a field note book of Rose Monteiro depicting butterfly studies
Papaver somniferum, Opium poppyDrawing by Arthur Harry Church in 1904. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Cirtus paradisi, grapefruitTab 66 from Histoire naturelle des Orangers 1818-1820 by Antoine Risso. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. This illustration is entitled Pompelmouse chadec
Primula vulgaris, common primroseIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. By William Kilburn (1745-1818)
Acer campestre L. field or Engliah mapleSketch 1 from a collection of original drawings and sketches by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Prunus sp. nectarine (Vermash Nectarine)Plate 29 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Correa alba, white correaFinished watercolour by James Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Corynocarpus laevigatus, karaka treeFinished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Rosa indica (chinensis), China rosePainting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33. Illustration entitled Rosier Bengale the hymenee
Prunus cerasus, sour cherry treePainting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33
Alcedo athhis, common kingfisherWatercolour by Charles F. Tunnicliffe (c. 1973)
Banksia speciosa, showy banksiaPlate 140 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Lambertia formosa, honey flowerFinished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Juglands nigra, black walnutIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Agapanthus, lily of the Nile
Lambertia formosa, mountain devilEngraving by Daniel Mackenzie from a drawing by Ferdinand Bauer, made in 1796, from herbarium material sent to Lambert by Henry de Ponthieu from the West Indies
Hyoscyamus niger, black henbaneWatercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 1903. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Alnus glutinosa (W. ) DCXXXI, alderAn illustration of an alder tree, fruit and foliage from the Natural History Museum Botany Library Plate Collection
Geranium phaeum, mourning widow geraniumDrawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1909. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Fumaria officinalis, fumitoryIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Papaya treeEtching taken from Histoire generale des Antilles habitees par les Francois by Jean Baptiste Du Tertre. Shows two Adam and Eve type figures and papaya tree
Carpinus betulus, hornbeamSketch 244 from the Ehret Collection of Sketches (unbound) by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Sorbier des olseleursPlate 20 from Le Regne Vegetal Plantes agricoles, Vol 16, 1870
Mancenillier treePlate 31 from Le Regne Vegetal Plantes agricoles, Vol 9. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Tribulus cistoides, Jamaican feverplantFinished watercolour by unknown artist from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Primula sinensisPlate 660 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Quercus, oakPlate 21 from The Shape, Skeleton and Foliage of Thirty two species of Trees, 1786 by A. Cozens. Originally issued in 1771
Brassica spPlate 11 from Le regne vegetal (1870): the plant kingdom, Vol 12. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Vanda caerulea, Himalayan orchidIllustration from the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. This plant was thought to be extinct in 1996
Rhexia speciosaPlate 4 from Voyage aux Regions Equinoniales (1806) Pt V1, Botanique, Sect 2, by Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt and Aime Jacques Alexandre Bonpland
Arachide hypogee, peanutPlate 267 from Flore pittoresque et medicale (1827) Vol. 4 by Michel Etienne Descourtilz (1775-1835)
Psittacula cyanocephala, plum-headed parakeetPlate 6, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Trifolium pratensis, cloverIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Melanerpes erythrocephalus, red-headed woodpeckerPlate 20, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Aquilegia sp. columbineDrawing 1/5 by Arthur Harry Church, 1904. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 018
Citrus paradisi, grapefruitTab 61 from Histoire naturelle des Orangers 1818-1820 by Antoine Risso. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. This illustration is entitled Pompelmouse pompoleon
Papaver sp. blue poppyIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Ipomoea obscura, morning gloryWatercolour no. 54 from the Nathaniel Wallich Collection, c. 1820s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Syringa tomentella. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium. Collected near Newbury, Berks 1952
Conrad Gessner (1516-1565)Conradus Gesnerus, Medeus & Philosophus. Plate 4, Isis 22
Aphelocoma coerulescens, Florida scrub jayPlate 87 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Sabal palmetto, cabbage palmettoWatercolour by William Young, 1767. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London